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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Rafael

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Parishes
  
28

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Argentina

Metropolitan archbishop
  
Carlos María Franzini

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
87,286 km²

Bishop
  
Eduardo Maria Taussig

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)230,000195,500 (85%)

Established
  
10 April 1961 (55 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of St Raphael the Archangel in San Rafael

Address
  
30, Agua De La Palma, Dominican Republic

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mendoza

The Diocese of San Rafael (Latin: Dioecesis Fororaphaëliensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in San Rafael, Argentina. It came into existence on 10 April 1961, and is presided over by Bishop Eduardo Maria Taussig.

Past and present ordinaries

  • Raúl Francisco Primatesta (1961 - 1965)
  • Jorge Carlos Carreras (1965 - 1969)
  • Oscar Félix Villena (1970 - 1972)
  • León Kruk (1973 - 1991)
  • Jesús Arturo Roldán (1991 - 1996)
  • Guillermo José Garlatti (1997 - 2003)
  • Eduardo Maria Taussig (2004 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Rafael Wikipedia
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